Re: [PATCH 2/3] string: provide strscpy() and strscpy_truncate()

[Dan Carpenter]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 12:01:16PM -0400, Chris Metcalf wrote:
> +ssize_t strscpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
> +{
> +	ssize_t res = strscpy_truncate(dest, src, count);
> +	if (res < 0 && count != 0)
> +		dest[0] = '\0';

How is this better than returning a truncated string?  Is it just
because the caller was naughty so we give them a spanking?

> +	return res;
> +}

regards,
dan carpenter
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